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Behold the fastest drummer in the world. He’s 11.

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments drumming, Drums, Fastest Drummer, Guinness Book of World Records

Drummers love to play fast. But what are the limits of the human body? At the moment, those limits are

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WTF? 

I…I don’t even know where to start with the Fart Drummer

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 66Samus, Drums, Farts, YouTube

YouTuber 66Samus loves programming his electronic drumkit with various interesting sounds. For reasons that remain unexplained, his latest project involves

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Bart Simpson’s drumming corrected

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bart Simpson, Drums

If you’re a drummer, I’ll bet you’re annoyed when you see someone playing drums on TV or wherever when the

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Funny/Weird 

This is how Maynard James Keenan passes time during Danny Carey’s drum solos

February 26, 2022February 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Danny Carey, Drums, Jenga, Maynard James Keenan, Tool

There are two types of people: Those who enjoy drum solos and those who do not. Even though Tool is

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The drummer’s foot pedal

January 31, 2022January 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drumkits, Drums, Foot Pedal, Ludwig

About 175 years ago, people played drums with their hands, often with sticks. Playing with the feet wasn’t really part

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Music News 

Dave Grohl rips through a performance “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

November 6, 2021November 7, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Drums, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

At a stop on his book tour promoting his New York Times bestseller, The Storyteller, Dave Grohl decided to do

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Interview 

Watch Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers discuss music history with Charlie Watts

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chad Smith, Charlie Watts, Drums, Music History, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones

Charlie Watts was the quiet reserved one in the Rolling Stones, so when there was an opportunity to hear him

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, July 7, 2021

July 7, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Quest, Beatles, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Covid, Drums, Gilligan's Island, K-Pop, Katy Perry, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Morrissey, NFTs, Queen, Rebecca Ferguson, Songwriting, Space, Streaming, Toronto Rock and Roll Revival

I’ve long maintained that I have a black ball of infinite density somewhere in my abdomen where I keep all

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This Ontario bride performed a drum solo at her wedding

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Canada, Drum Solo, Drums, Tourism, Weddings

Meet Sharon-Rose Ransom, a drum teacher in Woodstock, Ontario. She made a splash when she busted out with a drum

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Recommended Music 

Check out this kid KILL Neil Peart’s parts in Rush’s “YYZ”

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dominic McNabb, Drum Cover, Drums, Rush, YYZ

Meet Dominic McNabb. Damn, he hits hard for a little guy. And notice how he improvises on what Neil did.

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Music News 

Travis Barker of blink-182 is selling some of his gear. Want in?

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blink-182, Drums, Reverb, Travis Barker

This makes it three-for-three when it comes to the classic Blink-182 lineup selling older gear on Reverb. Here’s what Travis

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